Khanbaliq
Ancient city · Yuan dynasty
- Abandoned
- 1368
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 39.933, 116.400
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Based on the object's type in Wikidata.
History
Dadu or Khanbaliq was the winter capital of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty in what is now Beijing, the capital of China today. The Secretariat directly administered the Central Region of the Yuan dynasty and dictated policies for the other provinces. As emperors of the Yuan dynasty, Kublai Khan and his successors also claimed supremacy over the entire Mongol Empire following the death of Möngke in 1259. Over time the unified empire gradually fragmented into a number of khanates.